International Conference 2022

Dr Jane Thomason, Board Advisory| Non Executive Director | Blockchain, DeFi &Frontier Technology for Social Impact | Health Tech | Futurist |Author|

Dr Jane Thomason has featured in Forbes (2018) as a Blockchains’ leading social evangelist and in multiple awards including: Top 100 Women in Crypto, Crypto Curry Club (2020); Women in GovTech 2019; 10 Digital Frontier Women, UN Decade Of Women (2018); UN Decade of Women Quantum Impact Champion (2018); Lattice Top 100 Fintech Influencers for SDGs (2018); Thinkers 360 Top 20 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on HealthTech; and Blockchain; and Sustainability. (2021). She has Authored more than 40 articles in peer reviewed journals, and 6 books; and multiple book chapters including “Blockchain Technology for Global Social Change” and “Blockchaining the World.” Consulted to and provided Blockchain expert advice to WHO, OECD, ADB, USAID and Commonwealth Secretariat. Dr Jane Thomason is the Co-Founder of British Blockchain and Frontier Technology Association, UK; Industry Associate at University College London, Centre for Blockchain; Section Chief Editor for Frontiers in Blockchain; Ambassador for Fintech Diversity Radar and an Advisor in Kerala Blockchain association, African Blockchain centre of excellence. She has got a successful track record of leadership globally including: CEO and Chair of leading hospitals, Senior Social Sector Specialist at Asian Development Bank and founder of successful international development company which reached $250 million revenue.

Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan, Professor – Organizational Behaviour & Human Resource Management, Chairperson – Digital Learning, IIM-Bangalore

Vasanthi Srinivasan is a Professor of Organizational Behavior & Human Resources Management and Chairperson, Digital Learning at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Her research interests are in the field of Multi-generations in the workplace, Women in Management and Boards, Ethics Teaching in Business Schools, HRM in Rapid Growth Organizations and Ethics, and CSR in Micro, Small and Mid-sized enterprises. She has published research in many leading international journals on HR Innovation, Leadership development, Work-Family balance, Ethics and Management Research in India etc. She was an Indian Council for Cultural Relations Chair Professor for Corporate responsibility at the HHL Graduate School of Management Leipzig, Germany for the period 2012-13 on deputation. She was also a British Council Visiting Scholar at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at the Nottingham University Business School. Vasanthi Srinivasan has consulted extensively for both Indian and multinational companies in the field of leadership development. She has designed, developed, and delivered programmes to build the leadership pipeline for organizations. She has worked with technology and R&D organizations to build their technical leadership talent. She has also designed and delivered “Tanmatra: Women in Leadership” – a leadership development programme exclusively for senior women leaders in business in collaboration with Catalyst India and IBM.

Dr. Senthil Veeraraghavan, Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, Wharton University of Pennsylvania

Senthil Veeraraghavan is a Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions in Wharton University of Pennsylvania. His research interests are in the field of empirical operations management, operations analytics, operations management, operations strategy, pricing and revenue management, service operations management, supply chain management. His research has appeared in Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management and Production and Operations Management journals.  His research on Quality Speed Trade-offs in services won the first ever award for Best paper in Operations published in Management Science. Recently, Senthil Veeraraghavan advised a undergraduate thesis on a project that received Class of 2018 Penn President’s Engagement Prize,  awarded to senior projects designed to make a substantial, sustainable impact in the world. Currently, Senthil teaches Operations Strategy, for which he has received several Wharton Excellence in Teaching Awards. Senthil graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. Srinivas Sridharan, Associate Professor of Marketing, Monash University, Australia

Srinivas Sridharan is Associate professor of Marketing at Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia. Srinivas has taught courses in Marketing Theory, Marketing Strategy and Marketing Implementation, Sustainability Marketing, and Shaping Ethical Marketplaces; to students ranging from B.Com. to MBA, Exec MBA, and PhD. He has published research in many leading international journals on how markets shape the quality of life of consumers and small-scale entrepreneurs. His research studies have been conducted in many countries – US, Canada, India and developing countries like Zimbabwe, Uganda and Fiji. He has held roles as Associate Dean, Research Grant Development, Director of Masters programs in Marketing, and sat in steering committees of mission and strategy development and implementation. Before moving to Australia in 2010, Srinivas taught for several years at the Richard Ivey School of Business in Canada and at Indiana University in the USA. Srinivas obtained his PhD from Indiana University and his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from BITS Pilani.